Lobi Female Figure, Burkina Faso
height 29 1/4in (74.5cm)
Wood
Provenance:
Bryce Holcomb, Jr.
Sotheby's, New York, October 1994, lot 17
Private Collection, California
This standing figure is sculpted in classic Lobi style with crested coiffure, squared shoulders, protruding stomach and legs slightly bent at the knees; light-brown encrusted patina with areas of erosion.
Sold for
US$ 2,500
inc. premium
Category:
Ethnographic Art
/
African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
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